²² In addition, the Father judges no one. Instead, he has given the Son absolute authority to judge,

³¹ For he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is by raising him from the dead.”

²⁷ And he has given him authority to judge everyone because he is the Son of Man.^[a]

⁴² And he ordered us to preach everywhere and to testify that Jesus is the one appointed by God to be the judge of all—the living and the dead.

³⁹ Then Jesus told him,^[a] “I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see^[b] that they are blind.”

¹⁸ Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.

4 I solemnly urge you in the presence of God and Christ Jesus, who will someday judge the living and the dead when he comes to set up his Kingdom:

¹⁰ For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.

¹⁶ And this is the message I proclaim—that the day is coming when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge everyone’s secret life.

⁵ But remember that they will have to face God, who stands ready to judge everyone, both the living and the dead.